1 Abstract This doctoral thesis is focused on the synthesis and characterization of novel hybrid polysaccharide-based polymers applicable for biomedicine, specifically for a conceptually new bimodal cancer treatment - immunoradiotherapy. For this purpose, polysaccharides β-glucan from Auricularia auricula-judae and κ-carrageenan from Kappaphycus alvarezii, exhibiting immunostimulatory and anticancer activities, were chosen to be grafted with thermoresponsive poly(2-isopropyl-2-oxazoline-co-2-butyl-2-oxazoline)s (POXs) (with different graft lengths and grafting densities) that induced a lower critical solution temperature of the final polymers. The thermoresponsive behavior of resulting polymers was studied with temperature-dependent light scattering methods, fluorescence measurements and also nuclear magnetic spectroscopy to select a polymer material with the most suitable properties for the intended application, aiming at a polymer depot formation after the injection of a polymer solution into the body. The chosen polymer, β-glucan-graft-POX with graft length of 2500 Da, was then modified to bear 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10- tetraacetic acid and a fluorescent dye Dyomics-615 at the graft ends and tested first in vitro to investigate its immunostimulatory properties and also the cellular uptake....
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:392482 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Loukotová, Lenka |
| Contributors | Hrubý, Martin, Sedláková, Zdeňka, Poučková, Pavla |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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